co-president
Senior Advisor to the President for Government Efficiency (2025–2025)
| Born | 1971-06-28 · Pretoria |
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| Citizenship | South Africa (since 1971), Canada (since 1971), United States (since 2002) |
| Party | Independent |
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| Education | University of Pennsylvania (BA, BS) |
| Occupation | CEO and product architect of Tesla, Founder, CEO, and chief engineer of SpaceX, Founder and CEO of SpaceXAI, Founder and CTO of X Corp., Co-founder of Neuralink, The Boring Company, OpenAI, Zip2, X.com and PayPal, President of the Musk Foundation |
| Awards | Full list |
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Elon Musk said hiring Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang would be an honor. Huang is reportedly at risk of being ousted after reports of multiple extramarital affairs, including one with a woman reportedly suspected of spying for China.
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Bloomberg News
Tesla will refund deposits to a considerable number of Cybertruck customers because it has more orders than it can process before production ends next year, CEO Elon Musk said.
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Elon Musk expects the future cost of delivering one kilogram of cargo to orbit to fall below $100, attributing the prospect to Starship’s full reusability. He also forecast that SpaceX could eventually launch its Super Heavy booster every hour.
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TASS
Elon Musk said Starlink’s bandwidth will be 100 times its current level in two to three years as new-version satellites are launched. He said V3 satellites have more than 10 times V2’s capability and will be launched at 10 times the current rate; V4 will be 10 times more powerful than V3.
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Elon Musk said SpaceX’s reliance on US government-funded contracts will keep declining, with the government accounting for less than 10% of the company’s revenue. The shift points away from what had been its most important partnership.
BBloomberg News
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Friday that the company will wind down Cybertruck production at its Texas Gigafactory around mid-2027. Sales of the futuristic model, once promoted as a rival to traditional pickup trucks, have remained weak.
CCBC News
Musk said Tesla will scale back Cybertruck production next year to make room for increased output of its Cybercab robotaxi. The move follows years of weaker-than-expected sales for the futuristic electric pickup.
Eeuronews
Musk said Tesla made the decision to free up capacity for increased production of its Cybercab robotaxi. The move follows years of Cybertruck sales falling short of expectations.
Eeuronews
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says production of the Cybertruck at the company’s Texas facility will wind down around the middle of next year, making room for more Cybercab production. Sales fell well short of his earlier target, dropping from about 38,965 in 2024 to 20,237 in 2025.
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Musk says Tesla plans to phase out Cybertruck production in Texas next year as it increases Cybercab output. The Cybertruck’s divisive design attracted a niche following, but sales did not reach the mass market, and Tesla has issued several voluntary recalls.
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Putin praised Musk as a “genius” for putting thousands of satellites into orbit. Speaking in Moscow, he pointed to Russia’s efforts to build a satellite internet network that can rival Starlink.
EeuronewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-29 08:34
Vladimir Putin praised Elon Musk as a “genius” for putting thousands of satellites into orbit. Speaking in Moscow, Putin pointed to Russia’s efforts to build its own satellite internet network to compete with Musk’s Starlink.
EeuronewsOriginal★★☆☆☆2026-10-29 08:34
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is facing an unexpectedly strong challenge from Democratic state lawmaker Gina Hinojosa. Abbott has spent heavily on advertising, backed by a large campaign fund that includes a $5 million contribution from Elon Musk. Hinojosa is drawing on voter discontent over data centers, governance and a controversial school voucher program.
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CNNOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-29 03:15
Putin praised Musk and his Starlink satellite network, acknowledging that Russia is only beginning to develop a competing system. He said Russia is proud to build the technology independently and seeks to expand its satellite network, while continuing to coordinate with Musk on orbital activity despite political tensions.
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Global NewsOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-28 21:05
Vladimir Putin said he is in “close” contact with Elon Musk on satellite technology and called him a “real genius.” Discussing Russia’s Rassvet satellite internet project, Putin said cooperation was important to prevent its satellites from interfering with Starlink in orbit.
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BBC NewsOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-28 19:15
Vladimir Putin said Russia is working with Elon Musk, the billionaire head of SpaceX, and other US partners on low-Earth-orbit satellite networks despite political tensions between Moscow and Washington.
BBloomberg NewsOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-28 19:00
Vladimir Putin praised Elon Musk and said he was in contact with the Starlink controlling shareholder as Russia develops its own satellite communications constellation, Rassvet, for military use against Ukraine. Speaking at a Moscow summit with African leaders, Putin compared it with SpaceX’s network.
TThe GuardianOriginal★★★★☆2026-10-28 18:32
Vladimir Putin praised Elon Musk as a “real genius” and said Moscow remains in close contact with U.S. partners on space matters. The remarks came after Starlink and Starshield services in Ukraine returned to full speed following a restriction that had hindered Ukrainian drone interceptors.
TThe Kyiv IndependentOriginal★★★★☆2026-10-28 16:42
Putin called entrepreneur, inventor and Starlink CEO Elon Musk a genius and said Russia is in contact with the United States on space issues, particularly with Musk. He said Russia’s Rassvet system is at an early stage and needs the required number of satellites launched. Putin also welcomed Turkish companies’ interest in joining the Akkuyu nuclear plant project by buying shares, and discussed digital sovereignty, social media oversight and Russian nuclear technology.
TTASSOriginal★★★☆☆2026-10-28 16:31
Jio Platforms Ltd. is set to begin trading Wednesday at a $107 billion valuation, putting a price on several bets: Mukesh Ambani’s belief that cheap data can underpin the digital economy of 1.5 billion people, Google and Meta Platforms Inc.’s backing of him, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s digital push.
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